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Top Writers for Doolin

The organisers of the Doolin Writers' Weekend, one of Ireland's newest and most popular annual literary festivals, have announced the line-up of participants in this year's festival which takes place in Doolin, County Clare, on the weekend of the 4-6th March 2016.

Organised by Hotel Doolin, the festival features readings by some of Ireland’s leading writers including Joseph O’Connor, Danielle McLaughlin, Elaine Feeney, Billy Ramsel, June Caldwell, E. M Reapy and Neil McCarthy, as well as workshops hosted by Dermot Bolger, Lia Mills, Stephen Murray and E.R Murray.

Q4 Visitors up 14%

The CSO has issued Overseas Travel figures for the period covering October-December 2015. · Total overseas trips to Ireland for January to December 2015 were up by 14% on 2014. · British trips increased by 12% for the year while North American visitors were up by 14%. · Trips to Ireland from Mainland European countries grew by 15% in 2015 with strong growth recorded from France (11%), Germany (13%),Italy (25%) and Spain (18%). · Visitor numbers from all Other Areas rose by 14% for the year. Visitors from Australian/New Zealand were up by 9% in 2015. Welcoming thefi gures, Fáilte Ireland CEO Shaun Quinn said: “With double digit growth in all key markets, 2015 was a better than expected year for tourism but we mustn’t let success breed complacency. Fluctuations in currency markets and international incidents can create sudden and significant impacts on world travel which could change the current upbeat narrative very quickly.

Brussels B2B

The island of Ireland was promoted as a top destination for business tourism in Brussels this week, a

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t an event called ‘Meeting Matters’.

Pictured are Sheila Geary, Visit Belfast; Danielle Neyts, Tourism Ireland; Azeta Seery, Dublin Convention Burea; and Jenny Finegan, Fáilte Ireland.

The networking event involved 40 representatives of various international associations based in Belgium meeting and doing business with eight different destinations, including the island of Ireland, and 19 convention bureaux, including Dublin Convention Bureau and Visit Belfast.

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